Abdul Quddus Gangohi was born in Rudauli, now in Faizabad, India. Through some relations, his genealogy is connected with Hazrat Imam Abu Hanifah رحمۃ اللہ تعالٰی علیہ. Along with Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi he was a pupil of Mamluk Ali. Ghazi Sarwar 19,487 views. His name is Sheikh Abdul Quddus son of Sheikh Ismail son of Sheikh Safi-ud-Din. When he prepared to leave for Gangoh, Imdadullah held his hand and gave him permission to take disciples. He gained the caliphate (khilafat) in the four Salaasil (Sufi Orders). Shah Ahmad Sa'id, the older brother of Shah Abdul Ghani Mujaddidi, was also among his teachers.[5][6][2]. [5][6][2] Afterwards he attended the classes of different teachers before becoming a pupil of Mamluk Ali Nanautawi, a scholar of the Shah Waliullah line, and a professor at Delhi College. He would strictly follow the blessed Sunnah of the Holy Prophetصلی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلم . (5), Hazrat Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin Ali Hakeem Tirmizi, Hazrat Molana Shah Abdul Rahim Muhaddith Dehlvi, Imam-e-Inqilab Syed Sibghatullah Shah Sani Shaheed, Mujahid e Millat Hazrat Allama Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi, Hazrat Khawaja Shah Muhammad Suleman Taunsvi, Huzoor Ghous-ul-Azam Sayyiduna Abu Muhammad Mohiuddin Sheikh Abdul Qadir, Ameer-ul-Momineen Hazrat Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq, Shaheed e Uhud Syed-us-Shuhada Hazrat Ameer Hamza, Muhaddith-e-Azam Pakistan Allama Sardar Ahmed. He got the eternal and everlasting blessings in the state of ecstasy. Ayub Ansari had hosted the prophet in his home in Medina city, when he made hegira (migration) to Medina city in 622. (Lataif-e-Qu ddusia). [1][5] His ancestral village was Rampur, but his grandfather Qazi Pir Bakhsh had settled in Gangoh.[5]. [9] He studied the books of hadith and tafsir under Shah Abdul Ghani Mujaddidi. [5] In the biographical work Nuzhat al-Khawatir he is mentioned with the nisbats "al-Anṣārī, al-Ḥanafī, ar-Rāmpūrī then al-Gangohī". After four years in Delhi, Rashid returned home to Gangoh. Both were private pupils of Mamluk Ali. [6][2] In the introduction to al-Kawkab ad-Durri he is mentioned as "Mawlānā Abī Mas‘ūd Rashīd Aḥmad al-Anṣārī al-Ayyūbī al-Kankawhī al-Ḥanafī al-Jishtī an-Naqshbandī al-Qādirī as-Suhrawardī". In 1491 he moved to Shahbad in Haryana. He always had me wake up then order me to offer ‘Tahajjud prayer’ in the last part of night. Sheikh Abdul Haq Rodolvi gave the good news of his birth to his father in these words, “A child will be born from your generation, who will be a brightened personality and he will get our blessing.”. In 1297 AH, after the death of Qasim, Rashid was made sarparast (patron) of Darul Uloom Deoband. [citation needed]He was a Sufi poet and Chisti shaykh. He married Khadijah, daughter of his uncle Maulana Muhammad Naqi, at the age of 21. Both his father Maulana Hidayat Ahmad and his mother Karimun Nisa belonged to Ansari Ayyubi families, claiming descent from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari . The humbleness and humility was existing in him to the extent that after offering prayer, he would straighten the shoes of Namazi (worshippers). He was the Qutb-e-A’lam رحمۃ اللہ تعالٰی علیہ . [1], Scholars of other Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence, Profile of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi on haqislam.org website, "The Epitome of Shari'ah and Tariqah: Shaykh Rashid Ahmad al-Gangohi", Profiles of many founders of Deoband including Rashid Ahmad Gangohi on darululoom-deoband.com website, 2016 international conference on Sunni Islam in Grozny, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rashid_Ahmad_Gangohi&oldid=977325920, All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English, Wikipedia articles with TDVİA identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 September 2020, at 06:04.